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But later that night Aroldis Chapman, a 22-year-old Cuban defector pitching for the Cincinnati Reds' triple-A affiliate in Louisville, captured baseball fans' attention when he threw a pitch clocked at 105 mph. Chapman's pitch was one of the fastest ever recorded; one that pushed his body to the limit of human ability. And while athletes in other sports, like Usain Bolt in the 100-meter sprint, continue to rewrite the record books, don't expect pitchers to throw any faster than Chapman.
It is uncertain what the fastest pitcher ever thrown has been, but there have been many claims. One of these claims was a made by a journalist for Sports Illustrated, George Plimpton in 1985. He said that a man going by the name of Sidd Finch had thrown a 168 mph (75.1 m/s) fastball.